Comment on How to Install Waydroid on Steam Deck: Full Guide
kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 2 months ago
I’m curious why you’d want to run android apps on steam deck. What apps bring functionality that you don’t normally have access to on SteamOS?
For me it usually comes to:
Minecraft bedrock is only accessible on Linux through waydroid or other android emulators.
There’s a few other games in the mobile markets that are decent, I’m sure.
Biggest reason may be bypassing anticheat. Some games (like roblox for example) have anticheat that doesn’t work on linux, but you can run the android version. As long as the android version supports controllers it can be a decent enough deck experience.
Does this really work? On popular games?
I was fully expecting them all to have integrated the bastard Play Integrity API, they even specifically detect virtual devices with the “MEETS_VIRTUAL_INTEGRITY” verdict
It may depend on the specific game, but I know people are specifically using the android version to run Roblox through a tool called sober.
Probably to run Minecraft, I’m guessing.
smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Cave Johnson didn’t die to being you the Steam Deck so you could ask “why”!